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Suicide Squad and Deadpool among finalists for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the seven finalists vying for a Best Makeup and Hairstyling nomination at the 89th Academy Awards, and comic book movies are represented in the form of Suicide Squad and Deadpool. The films are: Deadpool The Dressmaker Florence Foster Jenkins Hail, Caesar! A Man Called Ove […]

Jackie Chan to receive Honorary Oscar from the Academy Awards

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that martial arts superstar Jackie Chan is set to receive an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards on November 12th. Chan will be honoured alongside Oscar-winning film editor Anne V. Coates (Lawrence of Arabia), casting director Lynn Stalmaster (The Graduate) and documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (Titicut […]

The Oscars don’t matter and we all need to stop caring

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Luke Owen on last night’s Oscars… If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, then Awards Season is the most loathsome as a film fan. It’s the time of year that a group of out-of-touch Hollywood professionals all gather round to lay their hand down on what they think was the best film released […]

Sundance at the Oscars

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Gary McCurry on the Sundance movies that have enjoyed success at the Oscars… Since 1984, the Sundance Film Festival as we know it today has been shining a light on independent movies. Held annually in Park City, Utah, Sundance has become the largest independent film festival in the United States. Many notable directors have came […]

The Oscar Race or the Oscar Master Race: Sexism, Racism, and the All-White Award Show

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Anghus Houvouras on the Academy Awards and a lack of diversity… ‘Armchair quarterback’. It’s a popular phrase here in the United States, referring to those know-it-all fans who sit in their armchairs yelling at the screen during a football game. Some d-bag who is certain that he or she can make better decisions than the […]

Sixteen features up for Best Animated Feature Film at the Oscars

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As Hollywood gears up for awards season, Deadline is reporting that a total of sixteen features have been submitted for consideration for the Oscar for Best Animated Film at the 88th Academy Awards: Anomalisa The Boy And The Beast Boy And The World The Good Dinosaur Home Hotel Transylvania 2 Inside Out Kahlil Gibran’s The […]

15 finalists for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature announced

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Earlier in the week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the list of twenty films in contention for the nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards in February, and now we have word on the fifteen films vying for a nod in the Best Documentary Feature category. Cameraperson Command […]

A record 27 films submitted for the Best Animated Feature Oscar

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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that a record 27 movies have been submitted for consideration for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards: The Angry Birds Movie April and the Extraordinary World Bilal Finding Dory Ice Age: Collision Course Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Kubo and the Two […]

Nine films remain in contention for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gears up to announce the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards next month, it has been announced that nine films remain in contention for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier […]